Because saving the town wasn’t enough … Now it’s time to protect what it stands for.
Based on a true story.
A small community on the brink of economic devastation—rises up to become one of the most sought after towns in America.
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One town. One flood. A new revolution in the name of art, hope, and freedom.
BOOMTOWN is a powerful docudrama inspired by true events — when a band of unlikely rebels back in the 1970s in Frederick, Maryland ignited a cultural revolution that saved their sinking town and sparked a renaissance of creativity. Fifty years later, in 2025, Lexi Brown—a bold college student studying Art History—returns to uncover the truth hidden in her late father Amos Brown’s newspaper archives. As she pieces together the past, she discovers that the spark that once saved the city might be exactly what’s needed to save its future.
Drawing on historical facts and community accounts, BOOMTOWN explores how a small community in Maryland rose from the wreckage of a devastating flood to earn the title of “Top 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S.” (Money Magazine) and “Most Beautiful Main Street in America” (Reader’s Digest). The story of BOOMTOWN captures a compelling narrative that innovation, creativity, and inclusion are a blueprint for prosperity – one we can’t take for granted, and one we’ll have to fight to protect.
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World Premiere took place on January 24 at the Weinberg, with over 900 in attendance.
400 people were involved in the making of the film.
$1/2 million in cash has been raised.
BOOMTOWN isn’t just a film… It’s a tribute to the townspeople who built it, fought for it, and never gave up on it.
Part two
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Tells the story of a young multi-racial woman named Lexie Brown who arrives in Frederick during the fall of 2025. She is attending Hood College and studying Art History and Archeology. She is also a podcaster, filmmaker and a revolutionary in her thinking.
She sets out to trace her grandfather’s footsteps (the legendary newspaper photographer Amos Brown) to uncover what it was that triggered the Renaissance in Downtown Frederick and what she comes to find will save the future of her town.
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